Please find an overview of current research projects of the whole institute on the research platform Alexandria.

Current research projects (selection):

Acceptance of smart grid services
The research cooperation with Repower Ltd. addresses the question of customer acceptance of smart grid services. On the one hand, the internal change process in an organization necessary to build new customer oriented innovative smart grid services will be analyzed and supported with our research. On the other hand, ways to increase the customer acceptance of different innovative smart grid services and products will be investigated.

ACTIVE INTERFACES – Understanding consumer and investor preferences to overcome barriers for a large use of BIPV in the Swiss urban context
The project focus on non-technical barriers to building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) adoption in order to understand the why diffusion of BIPV has remained at low levels so far and in order to develop valid solutions.

Ancillary revenues in Aviation: Do green products increase customer value?
The research project uses a conjoint analysis to understand the potential of ‚green products’ (e.g. carbon offsets, organic-on board food) in aviation

HeatReserves: Demand Response for Ancillary Services
HeatReserves is a joint four-year research project funded by nano-tera.ch in which partners from the ETH Zürich, Swissgrid, EMPA and the University of St.Gallen investigate solutions for electrical energy storage.

Leverage mental accounting mechanisms to promote energy conservation
Using a combination of online and laboratory experiments, this research project investigates to what extent mental accounting mechanisms are relevant for energy-related decisions and how these mechanisms can be leveraged to promote energy conservation.

Former research projects (selection):

Affective Influences on Risk-Return Perceptions of Renewable Energy Investors:
An Experimental Analysis of Differences between Financial and Strategic Investors

Barenergy: Barriers for energy changes among households 

Bodensee-Alpenrhein Energieregion (BAER)

Cognitive Biases in Sustainable Energy Venture Investment

Criteria for photovoltaic project finance: Trade-offs in banks' and equity investors' decision making

Study to empirically measure the relative importance of criteria influencing the decision making of banks and equity investors in large-scale, ground mounted PV projects

Erneuerbare Energien und Ökostrom – zielgruppenspezifische Kommunikationsstrategien: Analyse der Konsumentenentscheidungen für Erneuerbare Energien und Ökostrom

IEA: Effectiveness of Renewable Energy Policies

Impacts of wind power plants on residents: Influencing factors and recommendations
Research project for the analysis of positive and critical impacts perceived by residents to wind power plants in Switzerland

IMPROSUME - The Impact of Prosumers in a Smart Grid based Energy Market
IMPROSUME was a joint research project with partners from NCE Halden (Norway), Aarhus School of Business (Denmark) and others which aimed at clarifying the role and impact of „prosumers“ in smart grid based energy markets.

Marketing Gag or Value Creating Strategy: What is the Customer Value of Sustainability in Retail? 

Path dependence in strategic investment decisions of energy companies

The research project "path dependence in strategic investment decisions of energy companies” investigated different renewable energy investment strategies of utility companies. It aimed at researching different internal and external variables that explain the underlying reasons for investment choices of utility companies.

Promotion and Consolidation of RTD activities for renewable distributed generation technologies in the Mediterranean (EU Project DISTRES)

Social dynamics of expectations and innovation

The Influence of Branding on Investment Decisions under Uncertainty: A Behavioural Finance Perspective on Investors in Renewable Energy Stocks
Research project to investigate the relative importance of corporate brands in investment decisions in renewable energy stocks.

Understanding the Value of Business Models

Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Behavior in Developing Countries: Case Studies on Access to Clean Energy
Qualitative research on the relationship between impact investors and entrepreneurs as well as on their role in market creation.

PhD theses

Here you will find an overview on current and former PhD theses at the Good Energies Chair.

Please find an overview of current research projects of the whole institute on the research platform Alexandria.

Current research projects (selection):

Acceptance of smart grid services
The research cooperation with Repower Ltd. addresses the question of customer acceptance of smart grid services. On the one hand, the internal change process in an organization necessary to build new customer oriented innovative smart grid services will be analyzed and supported with our research. On the other hand, ways to increase the customer acceptance of different innovative smart grid services and products will be investigated.

ACTIVE INTERFACES – Understanding consumer and investor preferences to overcome barriers for a large use of BIPV in the Swiss urban context
The project focus on non-technical barriers to building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) adoption in order to understand the why diffusion of BIPV has remained at low levels so far and in order to develop valid solutions.

Ancillary revenues in Aviation: Do green products increase customer value?
The research project uses a conjoint analysis to understand the potential of ‚green products’ (e.g. carbon offsets, organic-on board food) in aviation

HeatReserves: Demand Response for Ancillary Services
HeatReserves is a joint four-year research project funded by nano-tera.ch in which partners from the ETH Zürich, Swissgrid, EMPA and the University of St.Gallen investigate solutions for electrical energy storage.

Leverage mental accounting mechanisms to promote energy conservation
Using a combination of online and laboratory experiments, this research project investigates to what extent mental accounting mechanisms are relevant for energy-related decisions and how these mechanisms can be leveraged to promote energy conservation.

Former research projects (selection):

Affective Influences on Risk-Return Perceptions of Renewable Energy Investors:
An Experimental Analysis of Differences between Financial and Strategic Investors

Barenergy: Barriers for energy changes among households 

Bodensee-Alpenrhein Energieregion (BAER)

Cognitive Biases in Sustainable Energy Venture Investment

Criteria for photovoltaic project finance: Trade-offs in banks' and equity investors' decision making

Study to empirically measure the relative importance of criteria influencing the decision making of banks and equity investors in large-scale, ground mounted PV projects

Erneuerbare Energien und Ökostrom – zielgruppenspezifische Kommunikationsstrategien: Analyse der Konsumentenentscheidungen für Erneuerbare Energien und Ökostrom

IEA: Effectiveness of Renewable Energy Policies

Impacts of wind power plants on residents: Influencing factors and recommendations
Research project for the analysis of positive and critical impacts perceived by residents to wind power plants in Switzerland

IMPROSUME - The Impact of Prosumers in a Smart Grid based Energy Market
IMPROSUME was a joint research project with partners from NCE Halden (Norway), Aarhus School of Business (Denmark) and others which aimed at clarifying the role and impact of „prosumers“ in smart grid based energy markets.

Marketing Gag or Value Creating Strategy: What is the Customer Value of Sustainability in Retail? 

Path dependence in strategic investment decisions of energy companies

The research project "path dependence in strategic investment decisions of energy companies” investigated different renewable energy investment strategies of utility companies. It aimed at researching different internal and external variables that explain the underlying reasons for investment choices of utility companies.

Promotion and Consolidation of RTD activities for renewable distributed generation technologies in the Mediterranean (EU Project DISTRES)

Social dynamics of expectations and innovation

The Influence of Branding on Investment Decisions under Uncertainty: A Behavioural Finance Perspective on Investors in Renewable Energy Stocks
Research project to investigate the relative importance of corporate brands in investment decisions in renewable energy stocks.

Understanding the Value of Business Models

Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Behavior in Developing Countries: Case Studies on Access to Clean Energy
Qualitative research on the relationship between impact investors and entrepreneurs as well as on their role in market creation.

PhD theses

Here you will find an overview on current and former PhD theses at the Good Energies Chair.